Cal. Penal Code § 2053
Cal. Penal Code § 2053
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2005-01-01
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- Cal. Penal Code § 2053, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/889359
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a correlation between prisoners who are functionally literate and those who successfully reintegrate into society upon release. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature, in enacting “The Prisoner Literacy Act,” to raise the percentage of prisoners who are functionally literate, in order to provide for a corresponding reduction in the recidivism rate.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall determine the reading level of each prisoner upon commitment.